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ERIC Number: EJ430384
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-4056
Mother Goose Goes to School: Using Rhymes with ESL, Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Children.
Dowd, Frances Smardo
Childhood Education, v67 n4 p218-22 Sum 1991
Because traditional Mother Goose rhymes accustom the ear and the tongue to the musical aspects of the English language, they are particularly valuable for English-as-a-Second-Language students, and for deaf and hearing-impaired children. (BB)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Deafness, Early Childhood Education, English (Second Language), Folk Culture, Hearing Impairments, Language Acquisition, Language Arts, Literary Criticism, Public Education, Second Language Learning, Sign Language, Teaching Guides, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Mother Goose; Rhyme